Aaron Draplin, founder of Draplin Design Company, will give the Jean and Fred Braun Memorial Lecture at Oakland University on March 1st at 5:00 PM in Meadow Brook Hall. Draplin is a graphic designer from Detroit currently based in Portland who has designed for major brands like Nike, Burton, and Obama for President. His lecture and book Pretty Much Everything will provide an inside look at his design process and portfolio of work, including posters, logos, and case studies, offering advice that will appeal to contemporary designers. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture.
Aaron Draplin, founder of Draplin Design Company, will give the Jean and Fred Braun Memorial Lecture at Oakland University on March 1st at 5:00 PM in Meadow Brook Hall. Draplin is a graphic designer from Detroit currently based in Portland who has designed for major brands like Nike, Burton, and Obama for President. His lecture and book Pretty Much Everything will provide an inside look at his design process and portfolio of work, including posters, logos, and case studies, offering advice that will appeal to contemporary designers. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture.
Aaron Draplin, founder of Draplin Design Company, will give the Jean and Fred Braun Memorial Lecture at Oakland University on March 1st at 5:00 PM in Meadow Brook Hall. Draplin is a graphic designer from Detroit currently based in Portland who has designed for major brands like Nike, Burton, and Obama for President. His lecture and book Pretty Much Everything will provide an inside look at his design process and portfolio of work, including posters, logos, and case studies, offering advice that will appeal to contemporary designers. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture.
Presented by the Art and Art History Department of Oakland University
Jean and Fred Braun Memorial Lecture Welcomes
Pretty Much Everything: Draplin Design Co.
Wednesday, March 1st Meadow Brook Hall, 5:00
Book Signing and Reception
following the Lecture Aaron Draplin is a graphic designer, Pretty Much Everything is a review of author and founder of Draplin Design Draplin’s work including case studies, Company. (DDC.) Born in Detroit, road stories, lists, sketches, maps, Michigan, he is currently based in how-tos, and advice. It includes Portland, Oregon where he works examples of his work—posters, record with clients including Nike, Burton covers, oodles of logos—and presents Snowboards, Esquire, Red Wing, Field the design process for some of his big Notes, Ford Motor Company and The name clients. Filled with advice and Obama Administration. Aaron is an humorous comments, both his book influential graphic designer, prolific and his lecture will resonate with logo designer, entrepreneur and today’s designers. savvy social media user.